lenitas: Difference between revisions
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|gf=<b>lēnĭtās</b>,¹⁰ ātis, f. ([[lenis]]),<br /><b>1</b> douceur : Cæs. G. 1, 12, 1 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 182 ; Plin. 14, 120<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] : Cic. Cat. 2, 6 ; Fam. 13, 1, 4 ; [[Sulla]] 18 || [en parl. du style] Cic. Or. 53 ; Br. 177 ; de Or. 2, 64. | |gf=<b>lēnĭtās</b>,¹⁰ ātis, f. ([[lenis]]),<br /><b>1</b> douceur : Cæs. G. 1, 12, 1 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 182 ; Plin. 14, 120<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] : Cic. Cat. 2, 6 ; Fam. 13, 1, 4 ; [[Sulla]] 18 || [en parl. du style] Cic. Or. 53 ; Br. 177 ; de Or. 2, 64.||[en parl. du style] Cic. Or. 53 ; Br. 177 ; de Or. 2, 64. | ||
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Revision as of 07:38, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lēnĭtas: ātis, f. 1. lenis,
I softness, smoothness, gentleness, mildness.
I Lit.: vini, opp. asperitas, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120: lini, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82: Arar in Rhodanum influit incredibili lenitate, slowness, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: vocis, mildness, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182: smaragdi viridis lenitas, delicate green, Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63.—
II Trop.
A In gen., mildness, gentleness, tenderness, lenity: non est jam lenitati locus, severitatem res ipsa flagitat, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6: dare se ad lenitatem, id. Fam. 13, 1, 4: animi, with mollitia, id. Sull. 6, 18: animadvertendi, id. Part. Or. 22, 78: legum, id. Rab. Perd. 3, 10: remissa nimis lenitate uti, Gell. 11, 18, 6.—
B In partic., of speech: elaborant alii in lenitate et aequabilitate, et puro quasi quodam et candido genere dicendi, Cic. Or. 16, 53: lenitas ejus sine nervis perspici potest, id. Brut. 48, 177: genus orationis cum lenitate quadam aequabili profluens, id. de Or. 2, 15, 64.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lēnĭtās,¹⁰ ātis, f. (lenis),
1 douceur : Cæs. G. 1, 12, 1 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 182 ; Plin. 14, 120
2 [fig.] : Cic. Cat. 2, 6 ; Fam. 13, 1, 4 ; Sulla 18 || [en parl. du style] Cic. Or. 53 ; Br. 177 ; de Or. 2, 64.
